
Connor Riccardi
Directing
Biography
Connor Riccardi is a filmmaker based in New Jersey. In 2025, he earned his BFA in Filmmaking from Rutgers University. His works include Fools of Nature (2025), And Then I Saw the Sky (2024), and Volume 1½ (2024).
Known For

An imaginative college senior enlists the help of his childhood best friends to uncover the mystery behind a cartoonish cloud in the sky only he can see.
Scatterbrain

A man in New York City spirals into performative masculinity and starts a support group to fix it—only to realize he never wanted healing, just an audience.
Depresso

Dylan and his older brother James grab their bicycles and head out on a trip through town to the local library. When they are forced to separate, Dylan must find his own way.
Sycamore

After a long time apart, a former couple reunites for a night out. When they head back to the same apartment, they are forced to face their evolving relationship.
No Right Thing

Three young people attempt to revive and continue the Black Panther Party by educating skaters at a local roller rink.
Less Friction, More Flow

Left without family or friends in humanity’s last hours of existence, a man searches to find the right place for his life to end.
And Then I Saw the Sky

On the first night of an impromptu journey out of New York City, Malcolm and Jamie trek through New Jersey, eventually stopping to stay the night at a motel. As the night moves along, the two friends are forced to confront their relationship head-on, changing the course of their relationship forever.
Fools of Nature

One entry from a daily visual journal.